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WILLIAM .B. CLEVES, OF BIN GHAMTON NEW YORK. ALdetters Patent No. 61,898, dated January 22, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEASURING-IUNNELS'.

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To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B; CLEvEs, of Binghamtom'in the county of Broome, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement on Gauge Measures for MeasuringFluids; and 'I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, vand to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification.

`Figure 1 is aiperspective view of my improvement.

The nature of my invention consists in the `peculiar construction of the measure-letter A in combination with the glass gauge-tube B, extending up the side ofv thel measure perpendicularly to its brim and communiL eating with the inside of said measure at the-lower end above the faucet C, the Whole being secured to the Stand D' by means of an adjustable clamp which secures it in 'an upright position.

I construct my gauge measure, generally, of a less diameter than those in ordinary use, and increase it in height for the purpose of preserving the integrity of the measure as much as possible, should it stand slightly out of perpendicular. I form the lower end ofthe measure in the shape of a funnelandattach a common faucet to the end of the nose. This makesit more convenient for measuring small quantities. I then attach the glass tube B to the funnel part of the measure above the faucet and secure it with cement. The tube is enclosed in a case, having :in-opening of sutlicieu't width to snow the height of the Huid. 0n the side of thisv case I make the gauge-marks, which indicate the quantity contained in the measure as itrises and falls in the tube. i

The ordinary gauge measures nowin use are more or less complicated and inaccurate, and the object to be attained is not yaccomplished with as much facility and ease as with the improvement herein described. -I am aware that there are gauge measures for fluids that resemble my lirnprovement in some respects, particularly the one patented January 19, 1863, No.'41,330, designated' the Faucet Measure." I .do not apply. my gauge-tube to the faucet, as this might lead iso-inaccuracy in the tube; neither do I use a double scale,"A as that would produce more or less confusion. 'Instead of the three-way faucet I use the one in ordinary use; consequently I disclaim any interference with the above-namedvmeasure or any other -with which Iam acquainted.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters' Patent, isv The peculiar construction of the measure A, in combination with the gauge-tube B, communicating with the inside of the measure above the faucet C, with the single scale to indicate the quantity in the vessel; and the stand D, with the adjustable clamp to hold the measure in its upright position, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

' W.- B. oLEvEs.-

Witnesses:

Jeun B. BOWEN, J. O. SIMMONS. 

